Languages in Colorado (State)

Language Spoken At Home#1

Percentage of the total population living in households in which a given language is spoken at home.
Scope: population of the United States and Colorado
Colorado
United States
0%5%10%CountSpanishChinese1GermanVietnameseFrench2RussianKoreanAfro-Asiatic3ArabicOther Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Tagalog4JapaneseHindiNepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …Western AfricanItalianOther Asian11.884980%13.105530%11.884980%11.9%597,078597k0.475815%1.060159%0.475815%0.5%23,90423.9k0.475616%0.322889%0.475616%0.5%23,89423.9k0.379673%0.486855%0.379673%0.4%19,07419.1k0.327123%0.410100%0.327123%0.3%16,43416.4k0.318484%0.301383%0.318484%0.3%16,00016.0k0.300470%0.369818%0.300470%0.3%15,09515.1k0.264023%0.157348%0.264023%0.3%13,26413.3k0.198853%0.363857%0.198853%0.2%9,9900.152016%0.184459%0.152016%0.2%7,6370.150822%0.563118%0.150822%0.2%7,5770.132808%0.151584%0.132808%0.1%6,6720.128309%0.247020%0.128309%0.1%6,4460.119471%0.119832%0.119471%0.1%6,0020.113121%0.153965%0.113121%0.1%5,6830.105299%0.212663%0.105299%0.1%5,2900.104144%0.115549%0.104144%0.1%5,232
Count number of people speaking given language at home
1including Mandarin, Cantonese 2including Cajun 3including Amharic, Somali 4including Filipino

Speaking English 'Very Well'#2

Percentage of people living in households in which a given language is spoken at home.
Scope: population of the United States and Colorado
Less Than 'Very Well' 'Very Well'
United States
Colorado
50%0%50%Don'tDoGermanItalianHindiFrench1Other Indo-European languagesOther Indo-Europe…Western AfricanJapaneseTagalog2SpanishArabicRussianAfro-Asiatic3Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languagesNepali, Marathi, or …KoreanChinese4VietnameseOther Asian-11.145057%-15.531691%-11.145057%11.1%88.854943%84.468309%88.854943%88.9%2,66321,23121.2k-12.911153%-26.578506%-12.911153%12.9%87.088847%73.421494%87.088847%87.1%6834,607-18.538629%-20.627763%-18.538629%18.5%81.461371%79.372237%81.461371%81.5%1,1955,251-19.325788%-20.435910%-19.325788%19.3%80.674212%79.564090%80.674212%80.7%3,17613,25813.3k-23.019510%-30.386196%-23.019510%23.0%76.980490%69.613804%76.980490%77.0%1,7585,879-25.937005%-22.479560%-25.937005%25.9%74.062995%77.520440%74.062995%74.1%1,4744,209-26.693645%-42.702223%-26.693645%26.7%73.306355%57.297777%73.306355%73.3%1,7814,891-30.091065%-31.875946%-30.091065%30.1%69.908935%68.124054%69.908935%69.9%2,2805,297-37.255266%-41.560410%-37.255266%37.3%62.744734%58.439590%62.744734%62.7%222,443222k374,635375k-38.518519%-37.405871%-38.518519%38.5%61.481481%62.594129%61.481481%61.5%3,8486,142-38.975000%-44.829344%-38.975000%39.0%61.025000%55.170656%61.025000%61.0%6,2369,764-47.293426%-43.845961%-47.293426%47.3%52.706574%56.154039%52.706574%52.7%6,2736,991-47.567478%-39.254822%-47.567478%47.6%52.432522%60.745178%52.432522%52.4%2,8553,147-49.744949%-54.055576%-49.744949%49.7%50.255051%45.944424%50.255051%50.3%7,5097,586-49.811747%-55.476722%-49.811747%49.8%50.188253%44.523278%50.188253%50.2%11,90711.9k11,99712.0k-56.999056%-58.713636%-56.999056%57.0%43.000944%41.286364%43.000944%43.0%10,87210.9k8,202-61.850153%-54.251392%-61.850153%61.9%38.149847%45.748608%38.149847%38.1%3,2361,996
Don't number of people that don't speak English 'very well'
Do number of people that do speak English 'very well'
1including Cajun 2including Filipino 3including Amharic, Somali 4including Mandarin, Cantonese

Language by State in the United States

There are 50 states in the United States. This section compares Colorado to all of the states in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Colorado.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Colorado, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain Colorado
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#TexasCaliforniaNew MexicoNevadaFloridaArizonaNew JerseyNew YorkIllinoisUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesColoradoRhode IslandConnecticutUtahOregonMassachusettsWashingtonIdahoGeorgiaKansasMarylandNorth CarolinaN CarolinaNebraskaDelawareVirginiaOklahomaArkansasWyomingPennsylvaniaIndianaWisconsinSouth CarolinaS CarolinaTennesseeIowaMinnesotaLouisianaAlaskaAlabamaMichiganKentuckyMissouriMississippiOhioNew HampshireSouth DakotaHawaiiNorth DakotaMontanaWest VirginiaVermontMaine29.512011%29.512011%29.5%7,373,7977.37M128.787214%28.787214%28.8%10,407,91510.4M228.015085%28.015085%28.0%545,986546k321.123566%21.123566%21.1%561,619562k420.892141%20.892141%20.9%3,936,1293.94M520.427867%20.427867%20.4%1,285,6561.29M615.926284%15.926284%15.9%1,335,7291.34M715.032768%15.032768%15.0%2,785,0812.79M813.232963%13.232963%13.2%1,596,0911.60M913.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M11.884980%11.884980%11.9%597,078597k1011.632811%11.632811%11.6%116,296116k1111.517761%11.517761%11.5%391,576392k129.939643%9.939643%9.9%267,820268k138.922994%8.922994%8.9%334,636335k148.603765%8.603765%8.6%548,794549k158.393129%8.393129%8.4%556,129556k167.943040%7.943040%7.9%120,847121k177.935208%7.935208%7.9%748,955749k187.538962%7.538962%7.5%203,505204k197.452966%7.452966%7.5%416,796417k207.396109%7.396109%7.4%690,417690k217.362800%7.362800%7.4%128,899129k226.860664%6.860664%6.9%60,31160.3k236.800564%6.800564%6.8%530,447530k246.800514%6.800514%6.8%245,483245k255.141835%5.141835%5.1%142,819143k264.998514%4.998514%5.0%27,24527.2k274.670721%4.670721%4.7%563,727564k284.626104%4.626104%4.6%285,410285k294.590155%4.590155%4.6%248,533249k304.419025%4.419025%4.4%200,761201k313.926162%3.926162%3.9%241,296241k323.905289%3.905289%3.9%113,633114k333.817511%3.817511%3.8%194,772195k343.615292%3.615292%3.6%156,774157k353.528310%3.528310%3.5%24,07824.1k363.249851%3.249851%3.2%147,816148k372.925168%2.925168%2.9%273,083273k382.573243%2.573243%2.6%106,467106k392.509444%2.509444%2.5%142,678143k402.404747%2.404747%2.4%67,25667.3k412.206979%2.206979%2.2%240,366240k422.092448%2.092448%2.1%26,42426.4k432.038652%2.038652%2.0%16,12516.1k441.955632%1.955632%2.0%25,85425.9k451.612284%1.612284%1.6%11,04011.0k461.342483%1.342483%1.3%12,92012.9k471.041404%1.041404%1.0%18,16418.2k481.036265%1.036265%1.0%6,175490.902214%0.902214%0.9%11,41111.4k50
Count number of people speaking Spanish at home
# rank of state out of 50 by percentage speaking Spanish at home

Language by State in the West

There are 13 states in the West. This section compares Colorado to all of the states in the West and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Colorado.

Spanish Spoken at Home by State#20

Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of Colorado, selected other states in the West, and entities that contain Colorado
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#CaliforniaNew MexicoNevadaArizonaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesColoradoUtahOregonWashingtonIdahoWyomingAlaskaHawaiiMontana28.787214%28.787214%28.8%10,407,91510.4M128.015085%28.015085%28.0%545,986546k221.123566%21.123566%21.1%561,619562k320.427867%20.427867%20.4%1,285,6561.29M413.105530%13.105530%13.1%39,145,06639.1M11.884980%11.884980%11.9%597,078597k59.939643%9.939643%9.9%267,820268k68.922994%8.922994%8.9%334,636335k78.393129%8.393129%8.4%556,129556k87.943040%7.943040%7.9%120,847121k94.998514%4.998514%5.0%27,24527.2k103.528310%3.528310%3.5%24,07824.1k111.955632%1.955632%2.0%25,85425.9k121.342483%1.342483%1.3%12,92012.9k13
Count number of people speaking Spanish at home
# rank of state out of 13 by percentage speaking Spanish at home

Definitions

This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of Colorado, and the extent to which the report speaking English. All data are based on survey responses and were not verified in any other way. A full list of the languages recognized in the survey is as follows:

  • Armenian, Austronesian (including Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian), Arabic, Afro-Asiatic (including Amharic, Somali), Bengali, Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese), Dutch et al. (including Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch), Dravidian languages (including Malayalam, Kannada), French (including Cajun), German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian, Hindi, Hmong, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Khmer, Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages, Navajo, Other Slavic (including Ukrainian), Other Indo-European languages, Other Asian, Other Native American, Other, Portuguese, Polish, Persian (including Farsi, Dari), Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, Swahili et al. (or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa), Telugu, Tamil, Tai-Kadai (including Thai, Lao), Tagalog (including Filipino), Urdu, Vietnamese, and Western African

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Major Counties:
Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Eagle, El Paso, Garfield, Jefferson, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, Pueblo, Weld
Counties:
Adams, Alamosa, Arapahoe, Archuleta, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Clear Creek, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Delta, Denver, Dolores, Douglas, Eagle, El Paso, Elbert, Fremont, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Kit Carson, La Plata, Lake, Larimer, Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Morgan, Otero, Ouray, Park, Phillips, Pitkin, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel, Sedgwick, Summit, Teller, Washington, Weld, Yuma
Metro Areas:
Boulder Area, Breckenridge Area, Cañon City Area, Colorado Springs Area, Craig Area, Denver Area, Durango Area, Edwards Area, Fort Collins Area, Fort Morgan Area, Glenwood Springs Area, Grand Junction Area, Greeley Area, Montrose Area, Pueblo Area, Steamboat Springs Area, Sterling Area
Major Cities:
Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Brighton, Broomfield, Cañon City, Centennial, Colorado Springs, Commerce City, Denver, Durango, Englewood, Evans, Fort Collins, Fountain, Golden, Grand Junction, Greeley, Greenwood Village, Lafayette, Lakewood, Littleton, Longmont, Louisville, Loveland, Montrose, Northglenn, Pueblo, Sterling, Thornton, Westminster, Wheat Ridge
Major Towns:
Castle Rock, Erie, Johnstown, Parker, Superior, Windsor
Major Unincorporated Places:
Black Forest, Cimarron Hills, Clifton, Columbine, Dakota Ridge, Fort Carson, Highlands Ranch, Ken Caryl, Pueblo West, Security-Widefield, Sherrelwood, Welby
Congressional Districts:
CO-1, CO-2, CO-3, CO-4, CO-5, CO-6, CO-7
State House Districts:
CO-1, CO-2, CO-3, CO-4, CO-5, CO-6, CO-7, CO-8, CO-9, CO-10, CO-11, CO-12, CO-13, CO-14, CO-15, CO-16, CO-17, CO-18, CO-19, CO-20, CO-21, CO-22, CO-23, CO-24, CO-25, CO-26, CO-27, CO-28, CO-29, CO-30, CO-31, CO-32, CO-33, CO-34, CO-35, CO-36, CO-37, CO-38, CO-39, CO-40, CO-41, CO-42, CO-43, CO-44, CO-45, CO-46, CO-47, CO-48, CO-49, CO-50, CO-51, CO-52, CO-53, CO-54, CO-55, CO-56, CO-57, CO-58, CO-59, CO-60, CO-61, CO-62, CO-63, CO-64, CO-65
State Senate Districts:
CO-1, CO-2, CO-3, CO-4, CO-5, CO-6, CO-7, CO-8, CO-9, CO-10, CO-11, CO-12, CO-13, CO-14, CO-15, CO-16, CO-17, CO-18, CO-19, CO-20, CO-21, CO-22, CO-23, CO-24, CO-25, CO-26, CO-27, CO-28, CO-29, CO-30, CO-31, CO-32, CO-33, CO-34, CO-35
Neighboring States:
Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming